Imago Therapists in San Juan Capistrano, CA
I offer strategies and support to empower women through transitions such a divorce, parenthood or golden years challenges. Women of all ages can experience anxiety embracing who they are, what they believe and confidently conveying this truth to others. When we do not behave congruently with our beliefs. depression and anxiety can easily develop. Additionally, I approach young adults with an easy manner creating a relatable and accepting atmosphere. Young people gravitate to me as they sense I attune to their experience with genuine care. No matter what your life stage, I am a capable clinician focused on cultivating your best self.
I offer strategies and support to empower women through transitions such a divorce, parenthood or golden years challenges. Women of all ages can experience anxiety embracing who they are, what they believe and confidently conveying this truth to others. When we do not behave congruently with our beliefs. depression and anxiety can easily develop. Additionally, I approach young adults with an easy manner creating a relatable and accepting atmosphere. Young people gravitate to me as they sense I attune to their experience with genuine care. No matter what your life stage, I am a capable clinician focused on cultivating your best self.
For couples, you will be introduced to the evidenced based practices of Gottman, EFT and Imago.
Most of my clients want their relationship to be better. If you have been feeling stuck but don't want to give up, Just Call! You Deserve a Therapist who Really Gets It! Have you or your partner been struggling with boundaries, co-dependency, sexual dissatisfaction, or problems with intimacy? Therapy isn't the end, it can be the beginning of a much better chapter. Let's talk about what can help. Healthy relationships make life better. I work with Individuals or couples to overcome the obstacles and challenges that are showing up in their relationships.
For couples, you will be introduced to the evidenced based practices of Gottman, EFT and Imago.
Most of my clients want their relationship to be better. If you have been feeling stuck but don't want to give up, Just Call! You Deserve a Therapist who Really Gets It! Have you or your partner been struggling with boundaries, co-dependency, sexual dissatisfaction, or problems with intimacy? Therapy isn't the end, it can be the beginning of a much better chapter. Let's talk about what can help. Healthy relationships make life better. I work with Individuals or couples to overcome the obstacles and challenges that are showing up in their relationships.
Hello, I'm Kathleen Mates-Youngman, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Author, International Speaker, and Registered Yoga Teacher. I have a private practice in San Juan Capistrano CA, and am available for virtual sessions as well. I also see clients through Headway. I specialize in Couples Therapy, Anxiety, Depression, Grief, and Life Transitions.
Hello, I'm Kathleen Mates-Youngman, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Author, International Speaker, and Registered Yoga Teacher. I have a private practice in San Juan Capistrano CA, and am available for virtual sessions as well. I also see clients through Headway. I specialize in Couples Therapy, Anxiety, Depression, Grief, and Life Transitions.
I work with driven professionals who look successful from the outside but are quietly running on empty — burnout, career pressure, perfectionism, and the toll of always being 'on.' Many aren't in crisis; they want to protect what's working or rebuild coping tools that no longer hold up under pressure. I also work with clients facing substance use, co-occurring conditions, trauma, and crisis stabilization, drawing on four years in detox, PHP, and IOP settings. That work is trauma-informed and structured, building safety before deeper processing — including EMDR, which I'm currently certifying in.
I work with driven professionals who look successful from the outside but are quietly running on empty — burnout, career pressure, perfectionism, and the toll of always being 'on.' Many aren't in crisis; they want to protect what's working or rebuild coping tools that no longer hold up under pressure. I also work with clients facing substance use, co-occurring conditions, trauma, and crisis stabilization, drawing on four years in detox, PHP, and IOP settings. That work is trauma-informed and structured, building safety before deeper processing — including EMDR, which I'm currently certifying in.
Holly
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, APCC, MA, MS, EMDR
8 Endorsed
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Welcome!
Whether you’re going through life transitions, feeling anxious, or feeling stuck and not sure why you keep repeating similar patterns, I am here. I enjoy sitting with and listening to the inner workings of your thoughts while trying to understand what is either holding you back or keeping you from moving forward and healing. The work I enjoy involves being alongside clients who are navigating life concerns, anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, complex trauma, relational and identity concerns and more.
Welcome!
Whether you’re going through life transitions, feeling anxious, or feeling stuck and not sure why you keep repeating similar patterns, I am here. I enjoy sitting with and listening to the inner workings of your thoughts while trying to understand what is either holding you back or keeping you from moving forward and healing. The work I enjoy involves being alongside clients who are navigating life concerns, anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, complex trauma, relational and identity concerns and more.
Are you feeling stuck? I can help. Raising a family, excelling at your work and maintaining healthy relationships can all be challenging. Sometimes those challenges can result in fulfillment and sometimes they can be so stressful as to make us feel anxious, depressed, sad, angry or uncertain. Therapy can provide perspective and offer new skills to promote positive change. I offer a supportive environment to assist you in working through your life and relationship challenges in order to create more satisfaction and joy in your life. See more details at leslierennick.com.
Are you feeling stuck? I can help. Raising a family, excelling at your work and maintaining healthy relationships can all be challenging. Sometimes those challenges can result in fulfillment and sometimes they can be so stressful as to make us feel anxious, depressed, sad, angry or uncertain. Therapy can provide perspective and offer new skills to promote positive change. I offer a supportive environment to assist you in working through your life and relationship challenges in order to create more satisfaction and joy in your life. See more details at leslierennick.com.
I'm Arifa (pronounced ar-fuh), and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I am passionate about de-stigmatizing Mental Health and providing individuals with the proper therapeutic interventions they deserve! I have a wide range of experience with children, adults, and seniors, and have worked with individuals and families. I am Competent in evidence-based therapies and committed to delivering high-quality care and promoting positive outcomes for clients.
I'm Arifa (pronounced ar-fuh), and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I am passionate about de-stigmatizing Mental Health and providing individuals with the proper therapeutic interventions they deserve! I have a wide range of experience with children, adults, and seniors, and have worked with individuals and families. I am Competent in evidence-based therapies and committed to delivering high-quality care and promoting positive outcomes for clients.
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Are you wanting a deeper level of self-understanding and healing? Or, feeling alone in your partnership? I work with you to better identify and understand the signals in your body (and the self-talk in your head) so you can create positive and lasting change. I also enjoy working with couples who are willing to go inward - helping to understand the underlying dynamics at play, attachment styles and supporting conscious transformation. My work with both individuals and couples involves cognitive understanding and a focus on internal healing - a blend of curiosity, compassion, self-love and protection.
Are you wanting a deeper level of self-understanding and healing? Or, feeling alone in your partnership? I work with you to better identify and understand the signals in your body (and the self-talk in your head) so you can create positive and lasting change. I also enjoy working with couples who are willing to go inward - helping to understand the underlying dynamics at play, attachment styles and supporting conscious transformation. My work with both individuals and couples involves cognitive understanding and a focus on internal healing - a blend of curiosity, compassion, self-love and protection.
Welcome my name is Denise Bonner, I am licensed therapist, working with individuals and couples for over 20 years. My purpose and intention is to create a safe and supportive environment for my clients within a framework of non judgement and complete acceptance. This enables my clients to feel safe and comfortable to reveal their innermost thoughts and feelings.
Welcome my name is Denise Bonner, I am licensed therapist, working with individuals and couples for over 20 years. My purpose and intention is to create a safe and supportive environment for my clients within a framework of non judgement and complete acceptance. This enables my clients to feel safe and comfortable to reveal their innermost thoughts and feelings.
Do you want more from your relationships and your life? Do you want a deeper level of connection and passion? You are not alone. We work so hard to have it all: a beautiful home, a loving partner, a happy family and a successful job. What happens when these successes don't equal happiness and we're left feeling unfulfilled and unsatisfied?
Enjoying our lives and loving other people involves being honest about who we are and what we want. Therapy can help you to explore what's not working and to make positive changes.
Do you want more from your relationships and your life? Do you want a deeper level of connection and passion? You are not alone. We work so hard to have it all: a beautiful home, a loving partner, a happy family and a successful job. What happens when these successes don't equal happiness and we're left feeling unfulfilled and unsatisfied?
Enjoying our lives and loving other people involves being honest about who we are and what we want. Therapy can help you to explore what's not working and to make positive changes.
I'm so glad you are here. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and really, a discerner, listener, and story writer. Because your story needs to be heard and written, or rewritten with hope. Let's sit together, find healing, rediscover your authentic self, and rewrite your story together. Because you are the expert of your story, my role is to collaborate with you to write a more hopeful narrative. I create a unique blend of behavioral therapy, experiential, and mindfulness approaches that can include aspects of the Christian faith, if desired.
I'm so glad you are here. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and really, a discerner, listener, and story writer. Because your story needs to be heard and written, or rewritten with hope. Let's sit together, find healing, rediscover your authentic self, and rewrite your story together. Because you are the expert of your story, my role is to collaborate with you to write a more hopeful narrative. I create a unique blend of behavioral therapy, experiential, and mindfulness approaches that can include aspects of the Christian faith, if desired.
You said "I do." "I choose you." You vowed to keep choosing them each day for life. Sometimes the disconnection makes it challenging to recall the vision you had for your future. It is not time to give up on your dream. It is time to dig in, do the work, and live the best version of your relationship. If you are both willing, there is no need to remain in that "stuck" place. There is a way to connect again. Allow yourselves to have hope because you truly can be better than ever.
You said "I do." "I choose you." You vowed to keep choosing them each day for life. Sometimes the disconnection makes it challenging to recall the vision you had for your future. It is not time to give up on your dream. It is time to dig in, do the work, and live the best version of your relationship. If you are both willing, there is no need to remain in that "stuck" place. There is a way to connect again. Allow yourselves to have hope because you truly can be better than ever.
I am a senior level therapist with a doctorate in psychology and over 20 years of clinical experience. I use my expert knowledge and experience to help you overcome anxiety and depression, resolve problems in your relationships and feel more satisfied with your life. In a warm, accepting environment I help you increase your self-understanding and learn practical tools that will enable you to find relief from painful symptoms and troubling relationship issues.
I am a senior level therapist with a doctorate in psychology and over 20 years of clinical experience. I use my expert knowledge and experience to help you overcome anxiety and depression, resolve problems in your relationships and feel more satisfied with your life. In a warm, accepting environment I help you increase your self-understanding and learn practical tools that will enable you to find relief from painful symptoms and troubling relationship issues.
As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I provide a warm, supportive, and nonjudgmental space where individuals, couples, and teenagers can feel heard and understood. I have experience helping clients navigate anxiety, stress, trauma, life transitions, relationship challenges, and other concerns. My approach is personalized and integrative, drawing from EMDR, CBT, Solution-Focused Therapy, Family Systems, and other evidence-based approaches. I believe in treating the whole person and working collaboratively to build healthy coping skills, resilience, and meaningful, lasting change.
As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I provide a warm, supportive, and nonjudgmental space where individuals, couples, and teenagers can feel heard and understood. I have experience helping clients navigate anxiety, stress, trauma, life transitions, relationship challenges, and other concerns. My approach is personalized and integrative, drawing from EMDR, CBT, Solution-Focused Therapy, Family Systems, and other evidence-based approaches. I believe in treating the whole person and working collaboratively to build healthy coping skills, resilience, and meaningful, lasting change.
Navigating periods of change and uncertainty can be deeply challenging. Many of the individuals who come to my practice are experiencing the stress, anxiety, and depression that often accompany these unpredictable times. They are seeking a safe, compassionate place to process these feelings, along with PTSD, major life transitions, and complex career shifts. They want to understand the fear-based patterns that uncertainty can trigger, but ultimately, they are looking to move beyond merely managing their symptoms. They are seeking the tools to find their footing, uncover authentic purpose, and create deep meaning in their lives.
Navigating periods of change and uncertainty can be deeply challenging. Many of the individuals who come to my practice are experiencing the stress, anxiety, and depression that often accompany these unpredictable times. They are seeking a safe, compassionate place to process these feelings, along with PTSD, major life transitions, and complex career shifts. They want to understand the fear-based patterns that uncertainty can trigger, but ultimately, they are looking to move beyond merely managing their symptoms. They are seeking the tools to find their footing, uncover authentic purpose, and create deep meaning in their lives.
Also have received training in Imago and Emotion-focused approaches.
For over 30 years, I've specialized in therapy with individuals, couples, groups, & for 20 years, I was an Adjunct Professor, at Chapman University, teaching: Intro to Psychology, Interpersonal Attraction & Romantic Love, Human Sexuality, Sexual Disorders & Treatment, Chemical Dependency Treatment, & other grad/undergrad psychology classes. My academic research interests: romantic love--the differences between intense/compelling and secure/comfortable love experiences & the use of videotaped therapy in chemical dependency treatment. I use a holistic/transpersonal approach.
I'm a Voice Dialogue teacher/trainer/facilitator,Certified in EMDR & Certified Gottman Couple's Therapist, Level I & II Teacher, & ASL Workshop Leader.
Also have received training in Imago and Emotion-focused approaches.
For over 30 years, I've specialized in therapy with individuals, couples, groups, & for 20 years, I was an Adjunct Professor, at Chapman University, teaching: Intro to Psychology, Interpersonal Attraction & Romantic Love, Human Sexuality, Sexual Disorders & Treatment, Chemical Dependency Treatment, & other grad/undergrad psychology classes. My academic research interests: romantic love--the differences between intense/compelling and secure/comfortable love experiences & the use of videotaped therapy in chemical dependency treatment. I use a holistic/transpersonal approach.
I'm a Voice Dialogue teacher/trainer/facilitator,Certified in EMDR & Certified Gottman Couple's Therapist, Level I & II Teacher, & ASL Workshop Leader.
I understand the importance of needing to feel understood and seen. When therapy is successful, we often will experience a greater sense of spaciousness inside ourselves, freedom from our own judgments, and are reminded that confronting our pain won’t destroy us. The goal is not a short-term fix but instead a long-term shift that brings forth feelings of empowerment, resiliency, and a confidence that our brains and our lives can change. As a consequence of shifting our relationship to ourselves and to our pain, the uncomfortable symptoms often associated with anxiety, trauma, and depression begin to dissolve and loosen their grip.
I understand the importance of needing to feel understood and seen. When therapy is successful, we often will experience a greater sense of spaciousness inside ourselves, freedom from our own judgments, and are reminded that confronting our pain won’t destroy us. The goal is not a short-term fix but instead a long-term shift that brings forth feelings of empowerment, resiliency, and a confidence that our brains and our lives can change. As a consequence of shifting our relationship to ourselves and to our pain, the uncomfortable symptoms often associated with anxiety, trauma, and depression begin to dissolve and loosen their grip.
I've been fascinated with how people change and don't change over the last 30 years. There is some stuckness in ourselves and others I think we'd all like to feel the power to transform. I've realized that fears about the sense of self not being good enough, lovable, or valuable knock us out of our connection to our internal core values, right in the moment where our core values would transform the situation. Contemplate when you let yourself down and don't follow through with what you know you want to do. Reflect on the times you've needed compassion and only received an evaluation. How would you change all this stuckness?
I've been fascinated with how people change and don't change over the last 30 years. There is some stuckness in ourselves and others I think we'd all like to feel the power to transform. I've realized that fears about the sense of self not being good enough, lovable, or valuable knock us out of our connection to our internal core values, right in the moment where our core values would transform the situation. Contemplate when you let yourself down and don't follow through with what you know you want to do. Reflect on the times you've needed compassion and only received an evaluation. How would you change all this stuckness?
We are all on our own journey in life, filled with experiences big and small that have shaped our present. At times we all have our own work to do to feel mentally healthy and balanced in our relationship with ourselves and others. Therapy is a courageous and powerful step for your journey, helping you grow and/or heal to reach the goals you desire. By meeting you where you are at emotionally/mentally we work for you to gain a deeper understanding of yourself, discover patterns in your life and learn skills for you to reach your goals.
We are all on our own journey in life, filled with experiences big and small that have shaped our present. At times we all have our own work to do to feel mentally healthy and balanced in our relationship with ourselves and others. Therapy is a courageous and powerful step for your journey, helping you grow and/or heal to reach the goals you desire. By meeting you where you are at emotionally/mentally we work for you to gain a deeper understanding of yourself, discover patterns in your life and learn skills for you to reach your goals.
Is something missing or not right in your relationships, career or spiritual life? Is it keeping you from living fully in each moment? Are you now just reacting to life instead of creating life? If so it may comfort you to know that many people feel this way. Perhaps now you're at a crossroads and are ready to speak with a safe, experienced counselor. The good news is that there is hope when you reach out for help. The hope lies in the opportunity you give yourself to get better, and become more balanced and healthy.
Is something missing or not right in your relationships, career or spiritual life? Is it keeping you from living fully in each moment? Are you now just reacting to life instead of creating life? If so it may comfort you to know that many people feel this way. Perhaps now you're at a crossroads and are ready to speak with a safe, experienced counselor. The good news is that there is hope when you reach out for help. The hope lies in the opportunity you give yourself to get better, and become more balanced and healthy.
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Imago Therapists
How does Imago therapy work?
Imago relationship therapy is a form of couples counseling meant to help partners address conflict, communication problems, and related issues. Imago sessions typically involve couples sitting facing each other and participating in guided conversations. Therapy will also involve exercises such as re-imagining one’s partner as a wounded child; re-romanticizing a relationship through appreciation, surprises, and even gift-giving and restructuring frustrations by transforming complaints into requests. The ultimate goal is to re-envision the relationship as a source of safety and happiness.
What is the Imago method?
A core technique of Imago therapy is the Imago dialogue, in which partners learn to avoid hurtful statements and establish ways to interact based on each having equal space and power. In the dialogue, partners take turns as the “sender,” who shares their thoughts, and the “receiver.” The receiver is asked to “mirror,” or paraphrase, what their partner has said, without response or rebuttal, and then validate their statements, acknowledging understanding even if they do not personally agree with it. Finally, the receiver displays empathy by stating what they imagine the other is feeling, and showing appreciation for it.
How long does Imago therapy take?
As with most forms of talk therapy, there is no set duration or end point for Imago therapy. After becoming comfortable with a therapist and the core techniques of Imago coaching, some couples quickly make progress, but most should expect sessions to extend for months, encompassing at least 12 to 20 sessions, along with extensive “homework” from their therapist.
Does Imago therapy work?
There is limited empirical evidence to support the benefits of Imago therapy, but some smaller studies suggest that it does help couples, at least in the short-term. A 2017 study found that marital satisfaction increased significantly after couples completed 12 sessions of Imago therapy, and remained higher for some time after that, but did not always result in “complete recovery.” Other studies found greater empathy and fewer feelings of relationship burnout in couples after therapy. Some research suggests that Imago therapy can aid individuals as well as couples; people with ADHD in particular may benefit from the development of communication, self-control, and listening skills that form the basis of the technique.